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Authorities: 17 dead in nightclub fire in Cameroon's capital
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) - A fire erupted at a popular nightclub in Yaounde, Cameroon's capital, setting off explosions and killing at least 17 people, government officials said Sunday. The tragedy come...
Jan 23, 2022
Man found dead in Williams Lake, RCMP believe it to be suspicious
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Williams Lake RCMP say they're investigating what they believe to be is a suspicious death.Police responded to a disturbance at a residence on Carson Drive shortly before 6 a.m. ...
Jan 23, 2022
Eggert, Benecken win 6th World Cup luge doubles championship
ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) - Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken are World Cup overall champions for the sixth time, getting that title back just in time for the Olympics. Eggert and Benecken won the se...
Jan 22, 2022
Prime minister calls freezing deaths of four near U.S. border mind-boggling, tragic
Canada is doing all it can to stop people from risking their lives by crossing the border illegally, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday. Trudeau was responding to the deaths of a family that tr...
Jan 22, 2022
ROTHENBURGER: A bridge to reconciliation has already been built in Kamloops
A BRIDGE TO RECONCILIATION is within our grasp right here in Kamloops.I mean symbolically, at least, although the international attention the community received after last year's discoveries at the re...
Jan 22, 2022
Official: 1 officer killed, 1 seriously hurt in NYC shooting
NEW YORK (AP) - A New York Police Department officer was killed and another gravely injured Friday night after responding to a domestic disturbance call, according to a law enforcement official. A sus...
Jan 21, 2022
Businesses frustrated with ever-changing COVID-19 directives from province
KAMLOOPS - Businesses are being encouraged to continue exercising their own COVID-19 safety plans, but the Ministry of Health's flip-flopping on Public Health Orders has many businesses feeling confus...
Jan 21, 2022
Housing prices make it hard for city to attract out-of-town talent to Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The housing crunch in Kamloops has left some city departments with staffing shortages as they fail to attract talent from other cities.The development and engineering department lost six of...
Jan 21, 2022
Hospitalizations, ICU totals increase due to COVID-19 in B.C.
VICTORIA - After decreasing slightly on Thursday (Jan. 20), hospitalizations due to COVID-19 in B.C. have jumped again.According to the health ministry, there are 924 people in hospital with the virus...
Jan 21, 2022
Low supply playing role in rising home prices in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Tushar Jain wants to settle down in Kamloops. He tried to put an offer on a place in Upper Sahali in his price range of $300,000. However, it was a frantic and anxiety-inducing experience a...
Jan 21, 2022
